The other day at work… I totally farted. Normally I don’t do that right at my desk. I’ll go to the washroom and cut one in there. It’s a more suitable place. But this particular time I was at my desk and thought I could just squeak one out. It was lunch time and no one was around so I thought I’d be safe. Boy was I wrong. I can’t believe how bad I stunk! It was easily one of the most foul smells to come out of my body. That’s when others came back from picking up their lunch. No one said anything, but I don’t know how you could have missed it. My only hope was that no one would come over and talk to me in my stick cloud. Lucky, no one did. Ugh… next time I’ll make sure to excuse myself to the bathroom to avoid any embarrassment.
Have you tried to sneak one only to get caught or have it just really stick up the joint?
No post last night. I was out visiting a family member in the hospital. The burn ward specifically. I’m sure that everyone will agree that hospitals aren’t fun. No one really likes to go to one, but if you have to, you generally can’t wait to leave. Even if you’re just visiting. Seeing your close family or friends under that kind of stress isn’t something anyone wants to do, but it’s important to show your support and let them know you’re thinking of them and wish them a quick recovery. My visit yesterday wasn’t as we expected. While we had talked to family who had seen him already and they said he was happy and alert even though he was in pain. When we went to see him, he was on so many drugs for the pain he didn’t even know we where there. We talked with him and wished him well all the same. I can’t imagine the pain he’s in right now.
I will say this though, and I mean no disrespect. I absolutely love living here in Canada knowing we have our health care system. The doctors said that he’ll have to stay in the hospital for at least three weeks so they can monitor his recovery. I can’t imagine how much that would cost in the States. I’ve heard horror stories about families with huge medical bills or even going bankrupt. This is all second hand information though, so I apologize if it’s incorrect. I do know that I will gladly pay my share of taxes, knowing that my family is being taken care of in case of an accident and so he don’t have to worry about costs after recovery. To me, that is important.
Can any of my American readers explain to me why the US doesn’t get health care? I only know parts of what I think is a much larger story to the whole deal.
Interesting fact – the Mohawk word for hospital is Tsi iakenheion’taientáhkhwa and it means “the place where you take dead people”. My Mohawk ancestors didn’t like those places because most people didn’t come back from them.
How much sleep do you get a night? I go to bed usually around 12:30am and get up at 6:20 am. That’s what… just shy of 6 hours. Not really enough I realize. I’m tired most days. I keep telling myself I need to go to bed sooner, but it just never changes. I draw my Tinkerbell folio as I watch TV shows but just when I think I’m done for the evening, I turn the channel over to TVO (TV Ontario) to see what The Agenda is about tonight. It’s a current events/political show and fantastic brain food. Next thing I know, it’s far later than it should be and I’m a chump for staying up late again. Ugh… not to mention that this year, day light saving time is kicking my ass. The clocks are telling me it’s only 11pm but my body says it’s 12am and it sucks. I should just take some time off from drawing in my evenings and try to get my body back on track.
Have you ever had the ending of a movie or a show ruined for you? I’m sure we all have at some point. It sucks, and once things have been said, it’s too late. The words are out there and you wished that the other person could just have just kept their mouth shut. Some even have the attitude that it’s your fault you didn’t watch it when everyone else did.
A buddy of mine at work hates that he has to avoid the internet until he’s downloaded and watched a show because he doesn’t have a TV. He’s had countless things ruined for him regardless of where he goes. Facebook is the worse, but he’s even had shows spoiled on art forums. Just out of the blue someone will blurt out “and can you believe when the truck blew up the factory and killed everyone?” Yeah, then he’s pretty ticked the next day.
If a show or movie has some time behind it, then I think you’re pretty safe to talk about it. If it’s a new, try to be a little respectful to those that might not have seen it yet. I hope that none of you have been that person that ruins it for others. ^_^
I just got back in from watching Wreck-It Ralph and I must say I really enjoyed the movie. Let me start off by saying, it’s not the best Disney film I’ve watched, but it’s totally a lot of fun. Watching an animated feature about video games is something that is right up my alley. I probably smiled the whole way through it to be honest. Why? Well, they did a lot of things right on a design level. Like, I was very impressed with the details of how the characters in Ralph’s game moved about. Being from a retro game, they moved all in key frames and popped from pose to pose. Seeing that lets you know someone is a fan of retro gaming on the design team and said “the characters should/need to move like this”. Fantastic! Those are the details I love! It brought a tear to my eye. I also loved looking around the characters to see game references in the background that might have missed.
If I had to pick at things, for those that want a negative, it would be that the story seemed a bit sporadic at times and the characters weren’t as lovable as other Disney movies. But by the end of the movie, I found that I really had a fondness for them.
Oh, and the opening animated short call Paperman was phenomenal. I seriously loved it. It’s beautiful blend of traditional animation and CG. It almost makes me wish I went in the direction of animation for film rather than games. Almost. ^_^
I’d have to say that this movie really defines me and who I’ve become. I am a trained animator. I am a pixel artist. Video games have been the biggest part of my life since as long as I can remember to the point that I made them my career. So it made me super happy to see pixels on the big screen. If you love retro games or just games in general, I’m pretty sure you’ll have a great time.
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